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Can you explain why?

Nuking those scripts from the cache means that they get re-requested more often, and the request has its referrer sent to the server hosting the tracking script which means the referrer+ip pair can be logged.

And that's where RequestPolicy comes in: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy...

I already use No-Script. I tried addeding RequestPolicy but the combination is just too much work for normal browsing.

You can use something like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ to control who gets your referer. I default to no one and make exceptions for poorly coded websites.

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